Bowleg

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A leg having an outward curvature in the region of the knee.
  • n. The condition of such a curvature of the legs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A leg that curves outward at the knee. It might refer to the leg of a human, animal or even a piece of furniture. For humans this deformity is formally called genu varum.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A crooked leg.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. outward curvature of the legs
  • n. a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  • adj. have legs that curve outward at the knees
  • n. a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
  • Equivalent
    unfit   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disablement    disability    handicap    impairment    leg   
    Form
    bow-legged   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bandy    genu varum    bandy-legged    valgus    tibia vara